<ul><li>Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, received 1,043 reports of fake identities from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in 2024.</li><li>The PTA also received 37 reports of compromised social media accounts, with 27 Facebook accounts and 10 WhatsApp accounts forwarded to Meta for recovery.</li><li>The primary causes of these incidents include data breaches, social engineering schemes, using unsecured public Wi-Fi, malware, insecure passwords, and lack of two-factor authentication (2FA).</li><li>The PTA recommends stronger passwords, enabling two-factor authentication, avoiding sensitive activity on public Wi-Fi, logging out of shared devices, and limiting rights offered to other parties for better account security.</li></ul>

Meta Receives PTA Report Highlighting Over 1,000 Fake IDs and 37 Hacks in 2024

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